cold chisel

¹ American  

noun

1. a steel chisel used on cold metal.

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cold-chisel ² American  

[kohld-chiz-uhl] / ˈkoʊldˌtʃɪz əl /

verb (used with object)

cold-chiseled, cold-chiseling, cold-chiselled, cold-chiselling

1. to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.

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cold chisel British  

noun

1. a toughened steel chisel

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Etymology

Origin of cold-chisel

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

Let the cold chisel away your weakness, leaving behind a lean, wolflike creature ready to take a bite out of life.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2015

The caretaker had to chip it off with a cold chisel.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2011

When he was a boy on a Kentucky farm, Dawn used to take a cold chisel, hammer and spoon over to the creek bank and chop faces in soft sandstone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he got a rock, and with a hammer and a screwdriver and cold chisel he etched out a cross and Troop's name and the date of his birth and the date of his death.

From Time Magazine Archive

A cold chisel and hammer were soon found, and on the chest being forced open rolls of glittering gold coin lay exposed to view.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor